All the News That's Fit to Keep You Ignorant
I just had a conversation (granted a social media conversation) about the local news. In short, there are some real issues going on in this world and real issues that are going on in this country. The local news, instead of sharing a story about the F.B.I. and Verizon , Michelle Obama's confronting a heckler or the war in Syria's progress (yes, I had the www.nytimes.com site open while typing this post out), ran with the decision to change the coach of the Denver Nuggets as their only posted article of the day. That's right, their only posted article of the day , so far. Issues of personal, national and global interest are happening in this world and Denver's NBC affiliate is posting about the coach of a game. Issues that have far reaching effects on civil liberties, privacy and the right to be free in what we say and do are being debated on the national stage and +9NEWS ' one post for the day (thus far) is about a basketball coach. While some of their Go...